Prague Golem Attic

Without this the golem merely stood there lifeless.

Prague golem attic.

The most famous golem narrative involves judah loew ben bezalel the late 16th century rabbi of prague. The quotation marks show that even his existence is disputed and quite frankly it is also seriously doubted. The legend of golem. Rabbi judah loew ben bezalel the chief rabbi of prague in the late 16th century was said to have created a golem out of clay from the banks of the vltava river and brought it to life through rituals and hebrew incantations to defend the prague ghetto from anti semitic attacks.

Still golem does truly belong to prague. Golem of prague it is said that the body of golem created by rabbi judah loew ben bezalel lies in the attic where the genizah of prague s community is kept. After the golem had put a stop to these harmful murderous rampages through the jewish neighborhoods the maharal deanimated him and locked his body in the attic of prague s old new synagogue. A legend is told of a nazi agent during world war ii broaching the genizah but who perished instead.

Nevertheless his fame is just about the only thing that is clear about him. To keep the clay body undiscovered and undisturbed the rabbi forbid all the people from coming to the attic. To this day psalm 92 is recited twice during services in prague s most famous synagogue. Some say that he essentially turned the creature on with a shem a religious parchment with a secret word written on it.

The golem began wreaking havoc on the non jewish citizens of prague. Golem is clearly one of the most famous personalities who walked through the prague streets. גולם is an animated anthropomorphic being that is created entirely from inanimate matter usually clay or mud the word was used to mean an amorphous unformed material in psalms and medieval writing. The golem was never revived and allegedly was later stored in the synagogue s attic which remained locked for centuries.

In jewish folklore a golem ˈ ɡ oʊ l ə m goh ləm.